Dexter F. Parker lived in several Massachusetts places until age 17, when he moved to Acton, Mass. There, he married in 1849, but his wife died the following year and he moved to Worcester, Mass. He worked as a boot cutter and got married in 1853. In 1856, he was elected to represent Worcester in the Mass. General Court, reelected in 1857, elected in its Senate in 1858, reelected in 1859, and returned to the lower court in 1860.
On Apr. 16, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. G (Worcester Light Infantry), 6th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, in its 3 months' term, and was mustered into national service on April 22. He was commissioned 4th Lieut. on May 4, and mustered out on Aug. 2, 1861. The following day he was appointed as Capt., Asst. Quartermaster, U.S. Vols., but resigned on July 15, 1862, to accept a commission as Major, 10th Regt., Mass. Vol. Inf. He was wounded in his right arm at Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va., on May 12, 1864, and the arm was amputated. He died on May 30, 1864, at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., from his wounds, and his remains were buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery.
Sources: History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion by Abijah P. Marvin (Worcester, Mass.: Published by the Author, 1870), pp. 489-94 and Mass. Soldiers..., 1: 385, 684; 6: 770.
On Apr. 16, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. G (Worcester Light Infantry), 6th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, in its 3 months' term, and was mustered into national service on April 22. He was commissioned 4th Lieut. on May 4, and mustered out on Aug. 2, 1861. The following day he was appointed as Capt., Asst. Quartermaster, U.S. Vols., but resigned on July 15, 1862, to accept a commission as Major, 10th Regt., Mass. Vol. Inf. He was wounded in his right arm at Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va., on May 12, 1864, and the arm was amputated. He died on May 30, 1864, at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., from his wounds, and his remains were buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery.
Sources: History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion by Abijah P. Marvin (Worcester, Mass.: Published by the Author, 1870), pp. 489-94 and Mass. Soldiers..., 1: 385, 684; 6: 770.
Dexter F. Parker lived in several Massachusetts places until age 17, when he moved to Acton, Mass. There, he married in 1849, but his wife died the following year and he moved to Worcester, Mass. He worked as a boot cutter and got married in 1853. In 1856, he was elected to represent Worcester in the Mass. General Court, reelected in 1857, elected in its Senate in 1858, reelected in 1859, and returned to the lower court in 1860.
On Apr. 16, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. G (Worcester Light Infantry), 6th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, in its 3 months' term, and was mustered into national service on April 22. He was commissioned 4th Lieut. on May 4, and mustered out on Aug. 2, 1861. The following day he was appointed as Capt., Asst. Quartermaster, U.S. Vols., but resigned on July 15, 1862, to accept a commission as Major, 10th Regt., Mass. Vol. Inf. He was wounded in his right arm at Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va., on May 12, 1864, and the arm was amputated. He died on May 30, 1864, at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., from his wounds, and his remains were buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery.
Sources: History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion by Abijah P. Marvin (Worcester, Mass.: Published by the Author, 1870), pp. 489-94 and Mass. Soldiers..., 1: 385, 684; 6: 770.
On Apr. 16, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. G (Worcester Light Infantry), 6th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, in its 3 months' term, and was mustered into national service on April 22. He was commissioned 4th Lieut. on May 4, and mustered out on Aug. 2, 1861. The following day he was appointed as Capt., Asst. Quartermaster, U.S. Vols., but resigned on July 15, 1862, to accept a commission as Major, 10th Regt., Mass. Vol. Inf. He was wounded in his right arm at Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va., on May 12, 1864, and the arm was amputated. He died on May 30, 1864, at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., from his wounds, and his remains were buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery.
Sources: History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion by Abijah P. Marvin (Worcester, Mass.: Published by the Author, 1870), pp. 489-94 and Mass. Soldiers..., 1: 385, 684; 6: 770.
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